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Robert Hanna

Professor
Department: English Department
Phone: 507-344-7363
Office Location: Honsey Hall 223
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Education

Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teaching, University of North Carolina — Greensboro (1995)

Academic Interests

  • English Language
  • British Literature
  • Charles Dickens
  • Wilkie Collins
  • William Shakespeare

Research

Dr. Hanna has over fifty articles and books published or in press since 1986. He critiques articles and books for possible publication, as well as proofreads books already accepted for publication, for several publishers. In addition, he publishes book reviews.

Presentations/Publications

  • In Press ” ‘An Unrehearsed Theatrical Combat’: A Glimpse at the Reality behind Dickens’s Portrayal of Theatrical Behavior.” The Dickensian.
  • 2024 Charles Dickens’s Nicholas Nickleby: An Annotated Bibliography, Vols. 1 and 2. Brighton, Sussex: Edward Everett Root.
  • 2023 “A Note on Textual Errors in Sketches by Boz.” The Dickensian.
  • 2020 “Recent Dickens Studies: 2018.” Dickens Studies Annual.
  • 2016 “A Court Duel as Performed by Wilkie Collins, with an Analysis of the Manuscript.” Dickens Studies Annual.
  • 2013 “The Storm at the Lighthouse by Wilkie Collins, with an Introduction, Textual Notes, and Appendix.” Dickens Studies Annual.
  • 2012 Dickens’s Uncollected Magazine and Newspaper Sketches, as Originally Composed and Published 1833-1836. New York: AMS Press.
  • 2009 “Before Boz: The Juvenilia and Early Writings of Charles Dickens, 1820-1833.” Dickens Studies Annual.
  • 2007 Dickens’s Nonfictional, Theatrical, and Poetical Writings, 1820-2000: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: AMS Press.
  • 2000 The Dickens Christian Reader. New York: AMS Press.
  • 1999 “The Life of Our Lord: New Notes of Explication.” The Dickensian.
  • 1998 The Dickens Family Gospel. San Francisco: Legacy Press.
  • 1997 “Charles Dickens’s Unrecognized Authority as an Educator.” Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society.

Biography

Dr. Hanna has recently completed his 40th year in the teaching profession, half of which time has been in the English Department at Bethany Lutheran College. He has served as both Department and Humanities Division Chair. He has been a member of the Dickens Studies Annual Editorial Board since 2017.